We have the honour and pleasure to invite you to Tampere, Finland, from 5th to 6th June 2018, to the International LUMAT Symposium 2018.

We welcome math, science and technology teachers from all educational levels, prospective teachers, teacher educators and researchers in math, science and technology education to attend this symposium to share ideas on math, science and technology education and to discuss new developments in the field.

The symposium is based on discussion sessions, and the coffee point will provide participants with free coffee all day.

Register by Sunday, May 27th

Warmly welcome to the International StarT Gala 2018

• Ceremony for the International LUMA StarT Awards for three teams of children or youngsters and for the International LUMA StarT Education Awards for three representatives of good practices by learning communities, from all over the world (Director General, Mr. Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Finnish National Agency for Education)
• Ceremony for awarding the country in the world that has been most active in carrying out StarT
• Ceremony for awarding other invited teams of children or youngsters

The LUMA Centre Finland is proud to share the nominees for the best educational practices and the best projects carried out in learning communities across the world in 2017‒2018.

The videos of these twenty nominees introduce educational practices worth noting and suggest inspiring ideas for carrying out project-based learning in schools and kindergartens.

Have a look and let the videos of the top contestants of StarT inspire you

StarT provides everyone participating with fresh ideas and support for carrying out projects related to science, mathematics or technology.

We invite schools, kindergartens and extracurricular activity groups from all around the world to come and share with us innovative ideas for interdiscplinary collaborative project work!

Watch the video and register now to join the global StarT community!